Marmosops invictus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Thylamyini
Genus: Marmosops
Subgenus: Marmosops (Sciophanes)
Species: Marmosops invictus

Name

Marmosops invictus (Goldman, 1912)

• Holotype: USNM 178708, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by E.A. Goldman on 14 March 1912.
• Type locality: “Cana (altitude 2.000 feet), in the mountains of eastern Panama”.

Combinations

• Marmosa invicta Goldman, 1912: 3 [Original combination]
• Didelphis (Marmosops) invicta: Matschie, 1916: 270 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosops invictus: Gardner & Creighton, 1989: 4 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Goldman, E.A. 1912. New mammals from eastern Panama. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(2): 1–18. BHL Reference page. 
• Gardner, A.L. & Creighton, G.K. 1989. A new generic name for Tate's (1933) Microtarsus group of South American mouse opossums (Marsupialia: Didelphidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102(1): 3–7. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Panama Slender Opossum